China: Beijing Auto’s All Electric Saab based car shown naked

What is a Saab by another name? It’s a BAIC, and what we have here is a BAIC 9-3, although it won’t be called the 9-3 come launch time. Saab sold the last generation 9-3 and 9-5 platform to Beijing Auto Industry Corporation in late 2010 for 195 million USD, along with several different engines and gearboxes. BAIC have started building electric cars at behest of the local government that promised to turn Beijing into a paradise for electric cars with free license plates and no need to take part in the license plate lottery, which basically told consumers electric cars are the only way to go to if you want to get on the roads any time soon.
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